There is no "moderate" sharia. The money quote is "We do not want to execute people with opinions
or thought because Islam respects these people... But we need this
legislation because incidents of cursing God have increased" Ah, they don't want to kill us, but they have to because the quran tells them so. This is savagery.

In the words of Turkish Prime Minsiter Erdogan explained, "The 'moderate Islam' concept is wrong. The word 'Islam' is a simple word -- it
is only Islam. If you say 'moderate Islam,' then an alternative is created, and
that is 'immoderate Islam. I cannot accept such a concept as a Muslim."

Kuwaiti MPs this week approved a law with a death
penalty for Muslims who curse God, the Koran, all prophets and the wives
of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. Non-Muslims who commit the same offence
face a jail term of not less than 10 years, according to the bill.

Defendants
who repent in court will be spared capital punishment but will get a
jail sentence for five years and a fine of $36,000 or one of them, while
repentance by those who repeat the crime is not acceptable, the bill
says.

"We do not want to execute people with opinions
or thought because Islam respects these people... But we need this
legislation because incidents of cursing God have increased. We need to
deter them," opposition MP Ali al-Deqbasi said during the debate.

Shiite
MPs also demanded that the bill impose the death penalty on anyone who
curses their sect's 12 revered Imams, but the Sunni-dominated parliament
rejected their request.

The bill becomes effective
after the government accepts it, the emir signs it and it is published
in the official gazette within one month.

Shiite MP
Abdulhameed Dashti said the bill was unconstitutional and against the
principles of Islam. "Why are we trying to show Islam as a religion of
death and blood when it is actually the opposite of that," he asked.

In
March authorities arrested a Shiite man for allegedly cursing the
Prophet Mohammed, his wife and some companions in a tweet. The suspect,
Hamad al-Naqi, is being detained pending trial later this month.

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Moderate Kuwait introduces death penalty for ‘cursing allah, the quran and prophets’

There is no "moderate" sharia. The money quote is "We do not want to execute people with opinions
or thought because Islam respects these people... But we need this
legislation because incidents of cursing God have increased" Ah, they don't want to kill us, but they have to because the quran tells them so. This is savagery.

In the words of Turkish Prime Minsiter Erdogan explained, "The 'moderate Islam' concept is wrong. The word 'Islam' is a simple word -- it
is only Islam. If you say 'moderate Islam,' then an alternative is created, and
that is 'immoderate Islam. I cannot accept such a concept as a Muslim."

Kuwaiti MPs this week approved a law with a death
penalty for Muslims who curse God, the Koran, all prophets and the wives
of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. Non-Muslims who commit the same offence
face a jail term of not less than 10 years, according to the bill.

Defendants
who repent in court will be spared capital punishment but will get a
jail sentence for five years and a fine of $36,000 or one of them, while
repentance by those who repeat the crime is not acceptable, the bill
says.

"We do not want to execute people with opinions
or thought because Islam respects these people... But we need this
legislation because incidents of cursing God have increased. We need to
deter them," opposition MP Ali al-Deqbasi said during the debate.

Shiite
MPs also demanded that the bill impose the death penalty on anyone who
curses their sect's 12 revered Imams, but the Sunni-dominated parliament
rejected their request.

The bill becomes effective
after the government accepts it, the emir signs it and it is published
in the official gazette within one month.

Shiite MP
Abdulhameed Dashti said the bill was unconstitutional and against the
principles of Islam. "Why are we trying to show Islam as a religion of
death and blood when it is actually the opposite of that," he asked.

In
March authorities arrested a Shiite man for allegedly cursing the
Prophet Mohammed, his wife and some companions in a tweet. The suspect,
Hamad al-Naqi, is being detained pending trial later this month.